The Feather River Tribal Health lobby was busy Thursday during the annual Community Health Fair, which was held in conjunction with the organizations?s 20th anniversary celebration.
(Barbara Arrigoni/Staff Photo)

"We were very pleased with the turnout and the caliber of presentations that were developed by staff," she said.

The number of visitors attending the fair wasn't available, but Hunzeker said they served 267 people at the luncheon.

"What I thought was cool was the retro," she added, referring to the fair's theme of Looking Back, Moving Forward. "Some people came in old nurse's uniforms they used to wear. You get that nostalgia."

Overall, Hunzeker was happy with how everything went.

"I'm just please with the turnout from the community, but I'm sad a lot of our partners were unable to be here because of the (federal) shutdown."

For Katrina Pennell, attending the Community Health Fair has become a yearly ritual.

She takes her two children every year and likes the information the fair provides.

"There's always something," she said. "There's a broad spectrum."

What makes it special, though, is that she gets to see people she used to work with when she interned there. She also has friends there because her mother has worked there since Feather River Tribal Health started.

"I come here to visit the fair, and have a good time because a lot of people here are like family," Pennell said.

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